Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form):(T)
Goal: To create a new book cover that accurately represents a theme in "The Golden Compass."
Role: A literary critic looking to re-publish "The Golden Compass."
Audience: Philip Pullman and the Laurel Leaf publishing company will judge the designs.
Situation: The book has been banned in many schools due to parents feeling mislead by the cover art.
Product/Presentation: Am accurately depicted book cover and a justification explaining their choices to be presented before the class.
Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation):
Presentation: Speaks Clearly 10%, Preparedness 15%, Enthusiasm 20%, Attire 10%, Listens to Other Presentations 20%, Comprehension 25%.
Product: Creativity 25%, Neatness 10%, Knowledge of Text 25%, Effort 25%, Digital Presence 10%, Citations 5%.
Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):
Other Evidence(OE)
• Brochure: Using Microsoft to create a brochure that advertises the themes.
• Glogster: Students will create a collage depicting the relationship between a character and a theme .
• Comic Life: Students will create a comic that depicts the difference between a theme and a moral.
• Blog: Students will write a blog entry for every chapter, analyzing and theme and connecting it to what happened.
• Digital Portfolio: At the end of the book, students will create a digital portfolio that shows how a particular theme has progressed and changed throughout the the story.
• Timeline: Students will use "ReadWriteThink" to track the vital points of the story and connect it to a theme.
Student Self-Assessment and Reflection
Self-Assessment(SA)
• Pre-Assessment: Create a google survey where students give their definition of "theme" and "moral" and ask them to name a banned book.
• Checking for Understanding: Have students read a short story and ask them to find the themes and moral and label them, then have a class discussion, Example/Non‐Example, Definitions Are Us, Let's Compare Notes, What's Still Confusing Me, Exit Ticket.
• Timely Feedback: Peer feedback, self-assessment, and teacher feedback.
Assessment Task Blue Print
What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?(G)
Understanding
Goal (MLR)
There are a wide array of themes in every piece of literature.
These themes develop over the course of the story.
By piecing together these themes, a reader can piece together an objective summary of the text.
CCSS
English
Reading
Grade 7
Standard 2
What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met?
Big Ideas
Big Ideas
• "The Golden Compass"
• Themes
Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?
Task Description:(T)
Upon being made into a feature film in 2007, "The Golden Compass" became a huge success in the holiday box offices. However, mortified parents soon discovered that the actual novel was much darker than the film and novel cover art revealed, placing a negative public opinion and causing the novel to be banned in many schools. You are a literary critic who feels this book would be a bestseller for older readers and should be re-released. Your job is to create an alternative cover that accurately represents what you feel is the most important theme in the book that will appeal to young adult and adult readers. Your creation will be judged by the author, Philip Pullman, and the Laurel Leaf publishing company and only one will be chosen as the official cover art of the re-released "The Golden Compass." Each cover design must also include a two-page justification. The justification must include your reasoning behind your theme, an explanation behind your image and artistic choices, and why you feel your cover will appeal to the appropriate audiences.
What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?
Type II Product
Type of Presentation
• Glogster
• Oral Presentation
By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?
Stage 2 - Determine Acceptable Evidence.
Role: A literary critic looking to re-publish "The Golden Compass."
Audience: Philip Pullman and the Laurel Leaf publishing company will judge the designs.
Situation: The book has been banned in many schools due to parents feeling mislead by the cover art.
Product/Presentation: Am accurately depicted book cover and a justification explaining their choices to be presented before the class.
Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation):
Presentation: Speaks Clearly 10%, Preparedness 15%, Enthusiasm 20%, Attire 10%, Listens to Other Presentations 20%, Comprehension 25%.
Product: Creativity 25%, Neatness 10%, Knowledge of Text 25%, Effort 25%, Digital Presence 10%, Citations 5%.
• Glogster: Students will create a collage depicting the relationship between a character and a theme .
• Comic Life: Students will create a comic that depicts the difference between a theme and a moral.
• Blog: Students will write a blog entry for every chapter, analyzing and theme and connecting it to what happened.
• Digital Portfolio: At the end of the book, students will create a digital portfolio that shows how a particular theme has progressed and changed throughout the the story.
• Timeline: Students will use "ReadWriteThink" to track the vital points of the story and connect it to a theme.
• Checking for Understanding: Have students read a short story and ask them to find the themes and moral and label them, then have a class discussion, Example/Non‐Example, Definitions Are Us, Let's Compare Notes, What's Still Confusing Me, Exit Ticket.
• Timely Feedback: Peer feedback, self-assessment, and teacher feedback.
Assessment Task Blue Print
What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task? (G)
What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met?
Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?
What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?
By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?
• Preparedness- 25%
• Enthusiasm- 25%
• Time Limit- 5%
• Evaluation of Peers- 10%
• Comprehension- 25%